Ridley Scott

Graduated from London's Royal College of Art with first-class honours. For his final project at the Royal College, made a short black and white film, Boy and Bicycle, starring his father and younger brother, Tony. Began career in the 1960s as a set designer, then director, for BBC TV. First feature film, The Duellists, was nominated for the Palme d'Or and unanimously won Best First Work at the Cannes Film Festival in 1977. Founded Ridley Scott Associates, a U.K.-based commercial production company, through which he directed some 3,000 TV commercials, including the classic 1984 ad for Apple Computers that aired during the 1984 Super Bowl. Owns a production company called Scott Free with his brother, director Tony Scott. His son Jake and daughter Jordan are both filmmakers. Knighted in 2003. Paid tribute to his late brother, Tony, at the 2016 Golden Globes, after his film,The Martian, won Best Motion Picture.